Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | TRANMERE Rovers manager John King dismissed promotion talk after a 3-0 home win over Southend lifted Rovers to third in the first division . |
| 2 | Though the CPRS had drawn up an agenda in four parts , starting with our relationship with the external world , we soon found ourselves in the middle of a second reading debate over the whole field . |
| 3 | The advantage of a physical science degree over a conventional physics or chemistry degree is that |
| 4 | Comforting images of Sir Len batting still fell like a warm velvet hood over Yorkshire eyes . |
| 5 | I lay there for a long time thinking about that , the loud insistence of the Mexican music from across the way drumming in my ears and gradually merging into the crashing ice of layering floes as my mind drifted into a fantasy of trekking with Iris Sunderby towards the dim outline of an icicle-festooned ghost of a ship , the man at the helm towering like a giant question mark over my jet-lagged brain . |
| 6 | The most interesting result is that it gives quicker search times for a long word list over the 26-way methods . |
| 7 | Rail workers have voted for a twenty-four hour strike over job losses . |
| 8 | The 50-year-old Swede , who has starred in more than 30 movies , will play herself during a week-long guest appearance over Christmas . |
| 9 | The riot began as a peaceful protest march over the killing , but violence erupted after police prevented the marchers from approaching the precinct house of the officer who had fired the fatal shots . |
| 10 | London-based Powercore International Ltd and Paris-based Isocor Corp have announced a joint technology agreement to enable the former 's Network Scheduler 3 workgroup product to operate as a native client application over Isocor 's suite of X400 messaging systems . |
| 11 | Still coached by Dr Pietr Labuschange , Meyer went through a rigorous training schedule over the winter months and ran in quite a few cross-country races , a new experience for her . |
| 12 | JAMES WATTANA earned a place in the £160,000 Coalite World Matchplay final with a 9-3 semi-final victory over Scotland 's Alan McManus yesterday . |
| 13 | Villagers are battling with a mobile phone company over the siting of an aerial close to their homes . |
| 14 | One , in the grounds of Tullie House Museum just outside the fort gate , was 12.2m ( 40 ft ) by at least 67 m ( 219 ft ) , with a substantial plank floor over a solid foundation , and may have had a military function ; attempts have also been made to interpret it as the base for a rampart surrounding an annexe to the fort . |
| 15 | Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford |
| 16 | Her mother-in-law had given her a clock similar to one she owned , an old-fashioned clock with a great glass dome over it , that struck the hour with chimes , the quarter hours with little bells . |
| 17 | ANDREW CASTLE overcame the toughest hurdle yet in defence of his Volkswagen National championship in Telford yesterday with a gritty quarter-final victory over Chris Wilkinson . |
| 18 | MOSSLEY bowling club won this season 's East Antrim Indoor League championship for the tenth time with a nineteen shot victory over Ballycarry OP in their final game . |
| 19 | The evening will end with a spectacular firework display over the Thames . |
| 20 | Two goals from Wayne Biggins kept Stoke on course for the Third Division title with a 3–0 home win over Darlington . |
| 21 | Peterborough United moved nearer a Third Division play-off place with a 2–0 home win over Bournemouth . |
| 22 | JIMMY WHITE continued his quest for the Benson and Hedges Masters ' title with a 5-3 quarter-final victory over Steve James at Wembley Conference Centre yesterday . |
| 23 | Having begun their Courage First Division programme with a 29-12 home win over Leicester , Wasps then lost direction and the match when they took on Harlequins at The Stoop . |
| 24 | Leng began today 's section with a 4.2 point advantage over her nearest rival , Germany 's Peter Thomsen on White Girl , after emerging as the only rider among 67 to get under the 40 points dressage mark . |
| 25 | There was a brief recovery with a 3–1 home win over Fulham , Ellison scoring with a superb chip for one of the goals , but McCarrison blotted his copybook by getting himself sent off for retaliation after scoring one of the goals . |
| 26 | The results of most family studies of Crohn 's disease have been expressed in terms of the proportion of probands with either affected first degree relatives or with a positive family history over all relatives investigated . |
| 27 | One little boy stood poised with a transparent plastic hose over a bucket , whose sides supported a rod that formed the axle of a paddle wheel . |
| 28 | The new 60 seater trolleybuses were numbered 64–93 and although full-fronted , the driver sat in a half-cab inside , with a single passenger seat over the wheel-arch alongside him . |
| 29 | In the National Young Athletes League , Liverpool Harriers maintained their five-year unbeaten record with a 40 point victory over Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | A MAN parachuted from a packed passenger jet over Vietnam yesterday after forcing the Bulgarian crew to open an emergency exit . |